11th March 2021
A huntsman has been cleared of illegal fox hunting.
William Bishop, 51, was accused of letting hounds from the Crawley and Horsham Hunt pursue a fox during a meeting near Worthing last year.
He was charged under the 2004 Hunting Act with engaging or participating in the pursuit of a wild mammal with one or more dogs.
A district judge at Worthing Magistrates’ Court ruled Mr Bishop had no case to answer and cleared him.
The case was brought after hunt monitors filmed the alleged incident at a meeting at Angmering Park near Worthing on 21 January 2020.
The court was shown video footage filmed by a witness, showing hounds picking up the scent of a fox and pursuing it. Mr Bishop, of Kennel Lane, West Grinstead, was not seen in the footage.
Acquitting him, District Judge Amanda Kelly said there was no evidence to show he was aware of the presence of the live fox.
These morons ARE demented. They are a bunch of twisted human beings. They ARE pure evil and will stop at nothing to slaughter a innocent fox. It’s up to people to STOP them. They have had it there way for far to long. They disgust me.😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Couldn’t agree more Janet, do you think this district judge is one of them?????There are a lot of judges lawyers police that hunt I think this is why this filthy murdering scum have got away with breaking the law for so long. I have had a run in with one once and they really are very nasty people who only care about themselves. I have emailed my MP and Boris Johnson about getting hunting banned completely but no reply. Wonder why???????????????
IS THIS AMANDA KELLY ONE OF THE VILE HUNTING BRIGADE??????SOUNDS TO ME THERE WAS PLENTY OIF EVIDENCE TO COMIT THIS WILLIAM BISHOP ALL SOUNDS BIT IFFY TO ME.